Buggy-seat protector



(No Mndel.)

J. 0. HAMAKER. BUGGY SEAT PROTECTOR.

,42s. Patented Apr. 15, 1890 @mwfwwoaeo UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JOSEPH OLIVER I-IAMAKER, OF BONANZA, OREGON.

BUGGY-SEAT PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,423, dated April15, 1890.

Application liled November 22,1889. Serial No. 331,159. (No model.)

To all whom, tm/ay concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH OLIVER HAM- AKER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bonanza, in the county of Klamath and .State ofOregon, have invented a new and useful Buggy-Seat Protector, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in attachments for buggy-tops.

The object of the present invention is to improve the attachment of buggY-tops and enable the vehicle to pass over rough roads without rackingand weakening the buggyseat.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed ont in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a device constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 isa detail View of the block which is attached to the seat. Fig. e is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the deviceapplied in position to a buggy top and seat.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by letter, A designates the shankof an iron designed to receive the bows of a buggy-top and to beattached to the frame at the side of a bugg T-seat Thenipper end of theshank A is split and formed into a socket a, adapted to receive theinain or middle bow of a buggytop and to be bolted to the same, and isprovided below the socket with perforations a o?, the lowerone of whichis designed to have pivoted to itthe rear bow of the buggy-top and theupper receives the front bow. y

The shank A has formed integral with it a depending fork B, upon theprongs l) of which slides a block C, which is attached to the frame atthe side of the buggy-seat. The block O is provided with a transverseopening c', adapted .to receive a bolt, by means of which the block issecured to the buggy-seat frame, and the block is also provided with twovertical openings c2, which are arranged at opposite ends of the blockand receive the prongs l) of the fork B. interposed between the blocks Oand the ends of the prongs are spiral springs D, which are coiled aroundthe perforated plate E, which is itself retained upon the fork by nutsF,'which engage the threaded ends 7) of the prongs of the fork. Byinterposing the spiral springs between the block which is secured to thebuggy-seat and the ends of the iron which receives the buggytop all jarsand strains caused by the passage of the vehicle over rough surfaces aretaken up by the springs and the buggy-seat is protected from strains andother injuries.

From the foregoing description andthe accompanying drawings theconstruction, operation, and advantages of the invention will be readilyunderstood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationof the iron adapted to receive the bows of the carriage-top, the blockdesigned to be secured to the seat-frame and sliding upon the iron anddesigned to be attached to` the frame at the side of a buggy seat, andthe springs interposed between the block and the end of the iron,substantially as described.

2. The combination of the iron having the socket at its upper end andthe fork at its lower end, the block designed to be secured to theseat-frame and sliding upon the prongs of the fork, and the springsinterposed between the block and the ends of the prongs, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination of the iron having the socket at its upperk end andthe fork at its lower end and provided With perforations a and d',arranged below the socket, the block provided with a transverse openingc and the vertical openings c2, the spiral springs arranged upon thesaid prongs below the block, the perforated plate, and suitable meansfor securing the plate on said fork, substantially as described.

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